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Monday, December 21, 2009

Walnut Coffee Cake - Blue Monday

Trafalger Square

As you read this, we'll be on our way to Texas for the first leg of our Christmas adventures. We'll be in Austin through the 26th and then head to Connecticut to meet our newest heir and greet the New Year. While my correspondence may suffer, there will be a new recipe and a, hopefully, pithy observation each day I'm gone, so please don't be strangers. I'll do my best to respond to your comments, but should reality trump intent, know I'll be back and in fine fettle for the New Year.

The walnut coffee cake featured today is the very nicest surprise of my Christmas baking adventures. I stumbled on the recipe and clipped it to use as a filler, never expecting it to become a holiday superstar. It is a wonderful yeast bread that is decidedly simple to make. It requires patience rather than kneading. The dough is mixed and then put to bed for the night in the refrigerator. It is filled, rolled and baked the following day. While there are several steps required to make this, none of them are difficult and no special equipment is required. The loaves can be frozen, but if you choose to take that route don't frost them until they've been thawed and are ready to serve. The loaves are very sticky, so don't let them sit for more than 15 minutes in their pans. When you turn them out, cover your cooling rack with plastic wrap or parchment paper to keep them from sticking to the ribs of the rack. Once cool, they'll be fine and the paper can be removed from the bottom of the loaves. This cake comes very close to being my all-time favorite coffee cake. It would be in first place if it weren't for the fact I know that there is another one out there that is just waiting to be discovered. On a scale of one to five, this cake is easily a five. Please try it.

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I have a picture of my dad at Trafalgar Square during WW11. He had legs then. He lost both legs in a Sherman Tank. He is now in heaven with all the angels.Happy Blue Monday & Merry Christmas Mary.Love Claudiexoxoxo

Nancy, the cakes are different from each other in that one is more like a crisp sweet bread and the other is like a cake. I prefer yeast coffee cakes, so I'd go for the walnut coffee cake. Bob, my husband, loves the Budapest coffee cake which is much sweeter. Either of them would be wonderful for your guests.

This looks wonderful! And welcome to Texas! I hope you enjoy your stay, and if it was any other time of year I'd invite you up to Georgetown for a visit. I know how busy you will be visiting, so just know that the next time you are in the area, drop me a line and I'll take you to lunch! Have a joyous Christmas. Kathy

What a FESTIVE view on a grey day in Trafalger Square! As always, your mouth-watering treats would go deliciously with my morning coffee. Hope you enjoy your Christmas travel adventures connecting with family for the holidays ;-)Hugs and blessings,

Although I fell in love with Trafalgar Sq. when we saw it in London, I can;'t decide now if I like your Walnut cake better, LOL! Looks yummy! Hope you and your family have a Blessed Christmas, Mary!...Christine

So coffee cake means that it is a cake to be served with coffee...and not made with coffee :-) Mary, think of me wondering wow what an interesting combination walnut and coffee, I must see this...and then realizing what coffee cake means!

But it happened to me something similar... you see in Italian we call coffee cake (your sort of cake) plum cake! I put my recipe in a book and readers came back to me asking where the plums where!

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